Hai!

Hello from Japan!  I find it a little difficult to start this post because, there is so much to talk about, so much going on. My last post was about reflection. The future was unknown so my focus was on how I got to that point. Now its about the present, and the past. And the future too. So first off- I'm very glad for the experiences of my past. I feel much more solid, much less out of control, much wiser for the experiences I have had Before a big move like the one we just had. 

A good place to start: 

I talked before about relating to country songs.  "Time Marches On" (The only thing that stays the same is: Everything Changes) has always related to me and helped when I first got married.  "Heads Carolina, Tails California" definitely related when we made our cross-country move. And I told many people how Country music didn't have song for this global transition. Then I heard Brad Paisley's song: Southern Comfort Zone. And I was proven wrong. 


When your wheelhouse is the land of cotton,
The first time you leave it can be strange, it can be shocking

Not everybody drives a truck, not everybody drinks sweet tea
Not everybody owns a gun, wears a ball cap boots and jeans
Not everybody goes to church or watches every nascar race
Not everybody knows the words to "Ring Of Fire" or "Amazing Grace"

I have walked the streets of Rome, I have been to foreign lands
I know what it's like to talk and have nobody understand

I know what it's like to be the only one like me,
To take a good hard look around and be a minority

I miss my Tennessee (Missouri) Home
And I been away way too long
But I can't see this world unless I go
Outside my Southern Comfort Zone

Seriously, Nice work Country Music.  And while I have not, my Husband HAS walked the streets of Rome. 
So, I miss my Missouri home. And we've been living away way too long. But I'm seeing the world, outside my Midwestern Comfort Zone :) 
More to Come.